That winds up our coverage of this qualifiers. Hope you have enjoyed it. Until next time which will be tomorrow when West Indies take on Australia in the final ODI, this is Srivathsa signing off on behalf of Sathyavelu. Be well and be happy. Tata!

Porterfield collects the trophy and poses proudly with his team-mates. There is a song or two thrown in to the mix as well.

Porterfield: We took every game as it came, it is a bit of a cliche, but that's what it is. It is a bit of a team effort and congrats to the lads. Big effort from Kevin and Dockrell didn't even need to bowl in the semis. It is great to have someone of the ability of Stirling at the top. One of the best knocks I have seen from Stirling and put us in a position from which we can't lose. There is no reason why we can't upset both Australia and West Indies in the World Cup.

Now the Ireland players get their medallions.

van Schoor: We are proud of our performances and all the best to Ireland and Afghanistan for qualifying.

Raymond van Schoor is the MoS. He got 324 runs and 6 wickets to go with it as well in the tournament.

Stirling: It was nice to comeback and score a few runs and help the lads. The plan was to do well consistently and hopefully will do that more in the future. The plan is to target the first six overs, myself and Porter played well in the last two games. Thanks to our supporters.

Paul Stirling is the Man of the Match for his stupendous innings.

Mangal: The score was enough, the boys played very well and I'm happy that we have qualified. Happy with our performance as we came here with a 2nd string side. Stirling destroyed all our plans today. This day is gone and we will forget about this day and we will come out with all guns blazing in the World Cup. We will come with a full strength side hopefully and show to the world that we have a lot of passion. Congrats to Ireland for their show.

Medallions given first to the match officials and now to the Afghanistan players.

Zadran gave his side a dream start by castling Porterfield 1st ball but Stirling simply took the game away with breath-taking strokeplay. The Irish seemed well on course to canter home, but wickets off successive balls by that man - Zadran again reignited Afghanistan's hopes. But Gary Wilson stayed calm and struck some crucial blows to ensure his side had no trouble at the end. Do stay tuned for the presentation.

Ireland will now be slotted in alongside West Indies and Australia, while Afghanistan go into the group which contains India and England in the T20 World Cup to be held later in the year. Ireland have been the better side in the competition and thoroughly deserve their tournament win.

18.5

Aftab Alam to Poynter, FOUR, Ireland are champions! they have got their revenge for their loss in the last edition to the same opponents. Low full toss on the stumps, flicked away to deep mid wicket and as soon as the winning hit was done, Poynter and Andrew White pumped their fists and indulged in some extravagant celebrations

18.4

Aftab Alam to Poynter, no run, short one on the stumps, Poynter defends it watchfully

Aftab Alam to Gary Wilson, out Caught by Mirwais Ashraf!! Gary Wilson went for the big hit to win the game and holed out. Full on off, sliced straight to the fielder at long off. Aftab Alam sends Gary Wilson on his way with a lot of expletives and arms waving. Wilson responds in kind as well. Not good to see. Bad behaviour from both the bowler and the batsman. Gary Wilson c Mirwais Ashraf b Aftab Alam 32(39) [4s-2]

Aftab Alam to Gary Wilson, THATS OUT!! Caught!!

17.6

Naib to Gary Wilson, 1 run, comes down the track and turns it to short fine leg, retains the strike with that run

17.5

Naib to Poynter, 1 run, keeps a bit low, Poynter pulls to deep backward square for a single

Naib to Gary Wilson, no run, offie and Gary Wilson plays it softly to leg

17.1

Naib to Gary Wilson, 2 runs, flicks it to deep mid wicket for a couple

Gulbodin Naib is into the attack

16.6

Aftab Alam to Gary Wilson, 1 run, a bit of an issue there as Aftab Alam stretched his left arm out when Gary Wilson was running through. The batsman isn't happy and the umpire steps in to settle the issue. Lots of heated moments there. Would've been close had the fielder hit as well

16.5

Aftab Alam to Gary Wilson, 2 runs, another fumble by Shenwari at point, dives to his right to save and makes a half stop. Another couple

16.4

Aftab Alam to Poynter, 1 run, full on the stumps, Poynter inside edges the big hit to short fine

16.3

Aftab Alam to Poynter, 2 runs, now a misfield by Shenwari at point allows a couple. It was straight to him and he fumbled and allowed to go through

16.2

Aftab Alam to Poynter, 2 runs, flicked to mid wicket, there is a shy at the bowlers end, it hits the umpire and deflects away, they take another run

16.1

Aftab Alam to Poynter, no run, driven to cover, straight to the fielder

Dawlatzai to Poynter, SIX, Blast! That could well be the decisive blow. Poynter makes room and then frees his arms, before flat batting it over long off. That shot had so much power that it went all the way. Clean clean hitting and Poynter likes it

15.4

Dawlatzai to Poynter, no run, short delivery on the stumps, Poynter pulls and mistimes it to mid wicket. Too late on the shot

15.3

Dawlatzai to Gary Wilson, 1 run, driven to long off

15.2

Dawlatzai to Gary Wilson, FOUR, gosh! what timing on that. Just pure timing. Using the pace of Dawlatzai to great effect. Steered it wide of point and beat a desperate dive from Zadran running across from third man. Porterfield likes it and applauds though with a grim faced expression

15.1

Dawlatzai to Gary Wilson, no run, back of a length on off, Gary Wilson gets forward and defends compactly

14.6

D Zadran to Gary Wilson, 1 run, low full toss on the stumps, bunted to long on and that's the end of D Zadran for this tournament and what a tournament he has had. Watch out for this fella at the T20 World Cup in Sri Lanka

14.5

D Zadran to Poynter, 1 run, back of the hand slower delivery down leg, swept to short fine leg, only a single

14.4

D Zadran to Poynter, no run, tries to repeat the shot and doesn't time it at all, goes to cover, straight to the fielder

14.3

D Zadran to Poynter, FOUR, audacious shot. Backs away and carves it over cover. Didn't time it well, but well enough to get a boundary. Pressure releasing boundary that

14.2

D Zadran to Gary Wilson, 1 run, pushes it to mid on and scampers through for a quick single

14.1

D Zadran to Gary Wilson, no run, no he can't! But nearly did. Goes for the short delivery, Gary Wilson was trying to glide it towards third man and then backed out. D Zadran's follow-through is elongated and has a stare at the batsman. Great fast bowling from D Zadran

Right Zadran on a hat-trick now. He is setting the field. Will he get it?

13.6

Dawlatzai to Poynter, no run, loose shot from Poynter, skips out and tries to slash it away, misses. Another pacy delivery from Dawlatzai. Really impressive

13.5

Dawlatzai to Poynter, no run, back of a length on off, Poynter defends it back to Dawlatzai

13.4

Dawlatzai to Poynter, no run, serious pace from Dawlatzai now. Strikes Poynter on the helmet with a pacy delivery, he was looking to duck and it strikes him on the badge. Mangal was in play aiming to go for the catch, but it eludes him at mid wicket. No bat there and they didn't even run. Strange. But really good attacking fast bowling from Dawlatzai

13.3

Dawlatzai to Gary Wilson, 1 run, full on off, Gary Wilson gets forward and drives to long off

13.2

Dawlatzai to Gary Wilson, FOUR, short one on the body, Gary Wilson gets inside the kine, swivels and pulls it past short fine inside the ring, beautifully played

13.1

Dawlatzai to Gary Wilson, no run, nearly a run-out there. Gary Wilson played it to short cover, Poynter wanted a single and just about got back even as the throw missed

Izatullah Dawlatzai [1.0-0-16-0] is back into the attack

Andrew Poynter, right handed bat, comes to the crease

12.6

D Zadran to Kevin O'Brien, out Caught by Mohammad Shahzad!! Now the game will get interesting. D Zadran on a hat-trick. Loose shot from Kevin O'Brien, fishing away from the body to a length ball outside off and edging it. A good take by a tired Shahzad. The crowd go wild again. What a move to bring back D Zadran by Mangal. Kevin O'Brien c Mohammad Shahzad b D Zadran 0(1)

D Zadran to Kevin O'Brien, THATS OUT!! Caught!!

Kevin O'Brien, right handed bat, comes to the crease

12.5

D Zadran to Stirling, out Caught by G Naib!! D Zadran strikes and credit to Naib. It was heading over his head at deep square, he went to his left and hauled it back in with two hands. That is a seriously good catch. Stirling pulled it well and can't believe that he has found the man. Is there a twist in the tale? Stirling c G Naib b D Zadran 79(38) [4s-9 6s-3]

D Zadran to Stirling, THATS OUT!! Caught!!

Stirling is gone. OUT! Not sure who the fielder is. Waiting to confirm and it is Naib.

12.4

D Zadran to Stirling, no run, slower delivery outside off, shortish as well, cut to point, straight to the fielder

12.3

D Zadran to Gary Wilson, 1 run, Gary Wilson gets another single to long on with a neat drive

12.2

D Zadran to Stirling, 1 run, slinging delivery, but equally well played by Stirling who drives it uppishly to long off

Slight delay in play as the ball is getting changed. The players take a drink. Everything seems to be sorted now. Back for more action.

12.1

D Zadran to Stirling, FOUR, swatted away! Utter disdain in that shot. Straight back over the bowlers head. Now there is a discussion between the bowler and the captain

Dawlat Zadran [2.0-0-8-1] is back into the attack

11.6

Nabi to Gary Wilson, no run, skips down and pushes it back to the bowler

11.5

Nabi to Gary Wilson, 2 runs, makes room and tries to go inside out over cover, the ball falls in no-mans land. Safe for a couple

11.4

Nabi to Stirling, 1 run, low full toss on the stumps, Stirling jabs it away awkwardly to mid on

11.3

Nabi to Stirling, no run, swept straight to the fielder at backward square leg

11.2

Nabi to Stirling, SIX, comes down the track and slogs it over wide long on, finally after a while he has connected with one and has nailed that

11.1

Nabi to Stirling, no run, great piece of fielding from Nabi, but Gary Wilson has made it back with a dive. Nabi under armed the throw back onto the stumps, but Gary Wilson was in

10.6

Shenwari to Stirling, 1 run, pulls a short one to deep mid wicket

10.5

Shenwari to Gary Wilson, 1 run, comes down the track and drills it to long on

10.4

Shenwari to Gary Wilson, no run, driven hard and straight back to the bowler

10.3

Shenwari to Gary Wilson, no run, cut to point

10.2

Shenwari to Stirling, 1 run, makes room and drives it to sweeper cover

10.1

Shenwari to Gary Wilson, 1 run, turns it to deep square leg

9.6

Nabi to Gary Wilson, 1 run, what a great decision from the ump. There was a call for a run-out, but he was in the right position and made the right decision. The reverse sweep got a bottom edge and it went to short fine, the throw came to the bowlers end, he whipped the bails off, but the batsman was just in

9.5

Nabi to Stirling, 1 run, short outside off, cut to deep backward point

9.4

Nabi to Stirling, 2 runs, cuts it down to third man

9.3

Nabi to Stirling, 2 runs, Dropped! What a bad effort from the fielder. Stirling comes down the track and flicks, gets a leading edge, the fielder comes in, gets both hands to it and lets it slip through his hands. The bowler isn't impressed at all

Aftab Alam to Gary Wilson, no run, cut straight to the fielder at point

6.2

Aftab Alam to Stirling, 1 run, 17 ball 50 for Stirling and that is the 2nd fastest T20I fifty ever. Only Yuvraj Singh ahead of him in that list. Gets there with a flick to deep square. A wonderful exhibition of power hitting this

6.1

Aftab Alam to Stirling, SIX, can't bowl short to this fella. Sits up to be hit and Stirling dismisses it with a frontfoot pull over deep mid. The ball clattering into the seats

Aftab Alam [1.0-0-8-1] is back into the attack

5.6

Shenwari to Stirling, 1 run, softly played to mid on, retains the strike with that run

5.5

Shenwari to Stirling, 2 runs, jams his bat down on the full one on the stumps, past cover and deep cover cuts it off - still a couple

5.4

Shenwari to Stirling, FOUR, that's a risky shot, but Stirling executed it well, kneels down to sweep a low full toss on middle and connects, sending it past short fine inside the ring

5.3

Shenwari to Gary Wilson, 1 run, comes down the track and drills it to mid on

5.2

Shenwari to Gary Wilson, no run, driven to cover, straight to the fielder

5.1

Shenwari to Gary Wilson, no run, big appeal for caught behind, but no edge on that after Gary Wilson missed the cover drive

Samiullah Shenwari, right-arm leg break, comes into the attack

4.6

Dawlatzai to Stirling, SIX, brilliant batting. Width outside off, Stirling bent low and opens the face of the bat to slice it high and so high that it went all the way over third man. The pace of Dawlatzai proving to be his undoing. Costly over for Afghanistan

4.5

Dawlatzai to Stirling, no run, tries to repeat the stroke and finds point, no timing on that shot

4.4

Dawlatzai to Stirling, FOUR, that's a great shot. Backed away and lifted it up and over the infield on the off side. Since we are in the powerplay, it always was a boundary

4.3

Dawlatzai to Stirling, 2 runs, doesn't get hold of this and lots of height rather than distance, falls safely at wide long on

4.2

Dawlatzai to Stirling, FOUR, nearly another caught and bowled. Stirling flat batted it past the right hand of Dawlatzai who didn't have time to react. It went to the long off fence in a jiffy. More frustration for Dawlatzai. Stirling getting lucky again

4.1

Dawlatzai to Gary Wilson, leg byes, 1 run, ooh! that looked close. Pitches and nips back in sharply, catches Gary Wilson on the back leg in front of off, Dawlatzai was sure that he had his man, but the umpire negated the appeal straight-away, that really looked close. If there was no bat, I cant see how that was missing anything. Dawlatzai isn't a happy man

Aftab Alam to Stirling, no run, a huge appeal for an LBW, but that was sliding down leg, looked too high as well

Gary Wilson, right handed bat, comes to the crease

3.4

Aftab Alam to Ed Joyce, out Caught by Nabi!! 2nd wicket for Afghanistan. Ed Joyce skipped down the track and flicked it in the air where deep square moves to his right to take a simple catch. Aftab Alam strikes in his opening over. Ed Joyce c Nabi b Aftab Alam 11(16) [4s-2]

Aftab Alam to Ed Joyce, THATS OUT!! Caught!!

3.3

Aftab Alam to Ed Joyce, no run, driven to cover, straight to the fielder

3.2

Aftab Alam to Ed Joyce, no run, nearly a c&b. Ed Joyce into the chip shot early and it went tantalisingly close to the right of Aftab Alam who didn't even get a hand to it. Nervy moment for Ed Joyce

3.1

Aftab Alam to Ed Joyce, FOUR, superb stroke. That's Michael Husseyesque almost from Ed Joyce. Leans out to an overpitched ball outside off and drives beautifully through cover. That's how you play the cover drive.

Aftab Alam, right-arm fast medium, comes into the attack

2.6

D Zadran to Ed Joyce, 1 run, retains the strike with that run to deep square

2.6

D Zadran to Ed Joyce, wide, short quick bouncer and Ed Joyce gets under it quickly. Wide called for height

2.5

D Zadran to Stirling, 1 run, full and on the stumps, whipped airily and it just falls short of mid on. There was a chance of a run-out as well, but the fielder didn't hit direct at D Zadran's end. Stirling very lucky to survive there.

2.4

D Zadran to Ed Joyce, 1 run, much better as he sensibly plays it to mid on and turns the strike over

2.3

D Zadran to Ed Joyce, no run, bad batting and that is due to some great bowling as well. Ed Joyce backs away and tries to go over cover, misses. Beaten 3 times in a row now

2.2

D Zadran to Ed Joyce, no run, ripper! This fella has some serious talent. Pitches outside off and it straightens and beats Ed Joyce on the outside edge. Ed Joyce was trying to push half-heartedly and is lucky that he didn't edge it. The keeper was convinced that Ed Joyce had nicked it, but there was no edge

2.1

D Zadran to Ed Joyce, no run, changes the angle to round the wicket and beats Ed Joyce with a beauty. Ed Joyce got forward to drive and the ball whizzed past the edge

1.6

Mirwais Ashraf to Ed Joyce, 1 run, defended to cover point, an easy single is taken

1.5

Mirwais Ashraf to Ed Joyce, no run, flicked to mid wicket

1.5

Mirwais Ashraf to Ed Joyce, wide, slides down leg

1.4

Mirwais Ashraf to Stirling, 3 runs, flicked through mid wicket, it doesn't have the legs to carry all the way. A three and Mirwais Ashraf will be a tad relieved that Stirling is off strike

1.3

Mirwais Ashraf to Stirling, FOUR, the chat hasn't worked. Stirling gets his third boundary in a row by dancing down the wicket and carving it square of the wicket. Sliced it well and Ireland are counter-punching with style

1.2

Mirwais Ashraf to Stirling, FOUR, 2 in 2. Stirling moves across to off and then nonchalantly whips it over backward square, nearly a six, an one bounce over the ropes boundary in the end. Mirwais Ashraf and Mangal have a chat

1.1

Mirwais Ashraf to Stirling, FOUR, Stirling is just continuing from where he left off against Namibia. Overpitched outside off, Stirling gets forward and drives crisply through cover. Lovely way to get off the mark

Mirwais Ashraf, right-arm fast medium, comes into the attack

0.6

D Zadran to Ed Joyce, FOUR, stylish looking pull shot. One leg up in the air - almost BCL like, though the ball seemed like it would stop before reaching the ropes, it crossed it eventually. That's why Ed Joyce is such a fine player and played for England too

0.5

D Zadran to Ed Joyce, no run, punched off the backfoot to point

0.4

D Zadran to Ed Joyce, no run, full on off, Ed Joyce gets forward to drive to cover

0.3

D Zadran to Ed Joyce, leg byes, FOUR, Shahzad did poorly there. Should've stopped that. Catches a bit of pad on the way and Shahzad didn't dive at all - it was just the perfect diving stop for him and Ireland are away

0.2

D Zadran to Ed Joyce, no run, now follows up the last ball with an away swinger, to which Ed Joyce prods uncertainly and nearly edges it. Followed the angle and was lucky that it didn't kiss the edge

Ed Joyce, left handed bat, comes to the crease

0.1

D Zadran to Porterfield, out Bowled!! D Zadran you hero! What a man! That would've made Waqar Younis proud. Slinging inswinger that pitches on off and curves back in to hit middle after Porterfield aimed for an ambitious punch through the off side. Big gap between bat and pad which D Zadran found to a nicety. He took a wicket off his first ball in the last game and he has repeated it again. The crowd go mad. The middle stump is flattened. What a sight for a fast bowler. Dream start for Afghanistan. Porterfield b D Zadran 0(1)

D Zadran to Porterfield, THATS OUT!! Bowled!!

Porterfield and Stirling are at the crease. Porterfield is on strike. D Zadran will open the attack

In the end a pretty strong finish by Afghanistan. Great effort from Shahzad - he played through with pain after colliding with Johnston and batted superbly. Quite a few of his shots bore a stamp of class. The others played around him and though 152 doesn't seem a big score against an experienced Irish side, Afghanistan do have a chance with their strong bowling line-up. They have the runs on the board and in a final that always counts. We will be back shortly for the chase.

19.6

Trent Johnston to G Naib, SIX, 1st ball of the innings was a six over long on. The last ball had to go there. It was destined to happen. Too full on the stumps, G Naib gets under it and clatters it over long on. No chance for the man there. Strong finish by G Naib and that has spoiled what was a brilliant last over by Trent Johnston until then. G Naib and Aftab Alam run off to get ready to bowl

19.5

Trent Johnston to G Naib, SIX, Trent Johnston becomes too predictable and pays the price. G Naib picks the slower delivery and lofts it beautifully with a lot of timing over long on. Really caught it sweetly

19.4

Trent Johnston to Aftab Alam, 1 run, full on the stumps, thick outside edge as Aftab Alam drove hard, down to third man for a single

19.3

Trent Johnston to Aftab Alam, no run, this has been a fab final over so far. Too early into the slog, beaten for pace as it came on slowly

19.2

Trent Johnston to G Naib, 1 run, slower delivery on the stumps, pulled to long on without any power or timing

19.1

Trent Johnston to G Naib, no run, G Naib swings and gets an inside edge that bounces over the stumps. Wilson prevents the bye

Trent Johnston [3.0-0-27-1] is back into the attack

18.6

M Sorensen to Aftab Alam, no run, a wild slog and a miss, wants a bye, G Naib isn't interested. Sends his partner back

M Sorensen to Mohammad Shahzad, out Caught by Porterfield!! Finally Mohammad Shahzad's brave innings comes to an end. A tired shot as he pulls and the top edge settles in covers hands. Johnston pats Shahzad on his head as he was walking back - great to see. Mohammad Shahzad c Porterfield b M Sorensen 77(57) [4s-7 6s-2]

M Sorensen to Mohammad Shahzad, THATS OUT!! Caught!!

18.4

M Sorensen to Mohammad Shahzad, wide, Mohammad Shahzad goes way outside off, tries to scoop it, but the ball is well well outside off, wide called. Jackers on air isn't impressed with that call

18.3

M Sorensen to G Naib, 1 run, tries to pull, but it hurries onto him quickly, mistimed to mid off

18.2

M Sorensen to G Naib, 2 runs, low full toss, cracked wide of long off, Mohammad Shahzad runs hard to make it back for the 2nd

18.1

M Sorensen to Mohammad Shahzad, 1 run, drilled to long off. A bit of Mahendra Singh Dhoni in that as he twirled his wrists vigorously

17.6

Stirling to G Naib, no run, pushed straight to the fielder at mid wicket

17.5

Stirling to Mohammad Shahzad, 1 run, backs away and drills it to long on

Gulbodin Naib, right handed bat, comes to the crease

17.4

Stirling to Nabi, out Caught by M Sorensen!! Good low catch at long on. Nabi came down the track and skimmed a lofted hit, it seemed to be falling short, but Sorensen got forward and cupped it before it kissed the turf. Nabi c M Sorensen b Stirling 1(2)

Stirling to Nabi, THATS OUT!! Caught!!

17.3

Stirling to Mohammad Shahzad, 1 run, a tired looking bunt to long off, off a low full toss

17.2

Stirling to Mohammad Shahzad, 2 runs, doesn't get hold of the full toss and manages a couple to wide long on. Again good work in the deep

17.1

Stirling to Mohammad Shahzad, FOUR, Mohammad Shahzad makes room and it is dragged too short by Stirling, he then goes on the backfoot and pulls it wide of long on

Paul Stirling [1.0-0-9-0] is back into the attack

16.6

M Sorensen to Mohammad Shahzad, 1 run, another inside edge as Mohammad Shahzad went for a big hit, down to backward square leg

16.5

M Sorensen to Mohammad Shahzad, 2 runs, back of the hand slower delivery on the stumps, Mohammad Shahzad opens the face of the bat and drives wide of Joyce at sweeper cover. Back for the 2nd. He looks a very tired man

M Sorensen to Shenwari, out Caught by Rankin at long off!! This time the sliced lofted drive finds the Man Mountain. Easy catch for such a tall man. Shenwari c Rankin b M Sorensen 11(12) [6s-1]

M Sorensen to Shenwari, THATS OUT!! Caught!!

16.1

M Sorensen to Mohammad Shahzad, 1 run, full and on the stumps, inside edged to short fine

Max Sorensen [1.0-0-14-0] is back into the attack

15.6

Dockrell to Shenwari, no run, tries the reverse sweep and misses, a loud appeal for LBW is turned down. Impact outside off

15.5

Dockrell to Mohammad Shahzad, 1 run, goes on the backfoot and whips it to long on

15.4

Dockrell to Mohammad Shahzad, FOUR, that shot would've made any Indian batsman proud. Goes over cover - inside out again and beats long off running to his left. Clean hitting this. Certainly looks quite a powerful player

15.3

Dockrell to Mohammad Shahzad, SIX, Mohammad Shahzad is now turning it on. Backs away and goes inside out over long off. Hit well and it sails a long way into the stands

15.2

Dockrell to Shenwari, 1 run, cut away to sweeper cover again

15.1

Dockrell to Mohammad Shahzad, 1 run, Mohammad Shahzad comes down the track and drags the cut shot to sweeper cover

Kevin O'Brien to Mohammad Shahzad, 1 run, tries to drive and inside edges it to short fine leg, where Johnston makes a sprawling stop. Saved 3 runs. A bit of chat between batsman and bowler, but all in good humor with a smile on their faces

Dockrell to Mangal, 1 run, comes down the track and drives through mid wicket

9.1

Dockrell to Mohammad Shahzad, 1 run, backs away and chops it to backward point

8.6

Kevin O'Brien to Mangal, no run, was there an edge? But Wilson didn't take it cleanly. Very close to the off stump as well. Kevin O'Brien holds his hands on his head, while Mangal manages a wry smile

8.5

Kevin O'Brien to Mohammad Shahzad, 1 run, flat batted to long on, where Sorensen makes a sliding stop, poor running from Mangal. He assumed that it would go the fence and stopped running. Only a single results

8.4

Kevin O'Brien to Mangal, 1 run, full on the stumps, drilled to long on

8.3

Kevin O'Brien to Mangal, no run, back of the hand leg-cutter, Mangal punches it to cover

8.2

Kevin O'Brien to Mangal, no run, this one nips back in sharply and tucks up Mangal who goes on the backfoot to defend

8.1

Kevin O'Brien to Mangal, 2 runs, back of a length outside off, Mangal plays it late and steers it wide of a diving Porterfield at point, good for a couple of runs

7.6

Dockrell to Mangal, 1 run, whipped to backward square leg, retains the strike with that run

Kevin O'Brien to Mangal, no run, back of a length outside off, Mangal plays for the away swing and the ball straightens to go past his edge. Wilson whips the bails off, but Mangal was well in

6.5

Kevin O'Brien to Mangal, 2 runs, down leg side and Mangal flicks it to backward square leg, an easy couple of runs

6.4

Kevin O'Brien to Mangal, no run, punched back to Kevin O'Brien

6.3

Kevin O'Brien to Mangal, no run, back of a length on the stumps, pushed to mid wicket

Nowroz Mangal, right handed bat, comes to the crease

6.2

Kevin O'Brien to Mirwais Ashraf, out Caught by Porterfield!! Smart catch. Short and wide outside off, cut away in the air where the Irish skipper dives to his right to take it. Kevin O'Brien strikes in his first over. Mirwais Ashraf c Porterfield b Kevin O'Brien 9(8) [6s-1]

Kevin O'Brien to Mirwais Ashraf, THATS OUT!! Caught!!

6.1

Kevin O'Brien to Mohammad Shahzad, 1 run, flicked in the air over mid wicket

Kevin O'Brien, right-arm fast medium, comes into the attack

5.6

Trent Johnston to Mohammad Shahzad, 3 runs, tucked away to backward square leg, Joyce has a bit of work to do and by the time he does it, they take three

5.5

Trent Johnston to Mohammad Shahzad, no run, Mohammad Shahzad backs away and punches to cover, no chance of a quick single

Trent Johnston to Mirwais Ashraf, SIX, can't bowl short to anyone on this wicket. Sits up to be hit and Mirwais Ashraf gets inside the line to pull it behind square, just over the ropes, played it with a bit of panache

5.2

Trent Johnston to Mirwais Ashraf, no run, tries to pull from outside off and misses. Mohammad Shahzad walks up to Mirwais Ashraf to have a word

5.1

Trent Johnston to Mirwais Ashraf, no run, back of a length outside off, punched to cover

4.6

M Sorensen to Mohammad Shahzad, FOUR, slashed away. Short and wide outside off, almost another six, but just short - an one bounce over the ropes boundary

4.5

M Sorensen to Mohammad Shahzad, SIX, Mohammad Shahzad seems to be in some mood. Takes on the slightly short one and pulls it well over the deep mid ropes. Certainly hit that well

4.4

M Sorensen to Mohammad Shahzad, no run, punched straight to the fielder at cover

4.3

M Sorensen to Mirwais Ashraf, 1 run, nearly straight to the fielder at mid on, again late on the pull and the spliced shot falls well short of the on-rushing fielder

4.2

M Sorensen to Mohammad Shahzad, 3 runs, Mohammad Shahzad pulls it through mid wicket and a couple of saves near the deep mid ropes prevents the boundary. Nicely done

4.1

M Sorensen to Mirwais Ashraf, leg byes, 1 run, a huge appeal for an LBW, but that was going well over the stumps

3.6

Trent Johnston to Mohammad Shahzad, 2 runs, flicked from off stump line through square leg, there was an easy three as Sorensen gave chase, but there seemed to be a collision between Mohammad Shahzad and one of the Irish fielders. In fact Shahzad banged straight in to Trent Johnston and it certainly looked nasty. Lots of words exchanged between the bowler and the batsman. The physio comes out to have a look and Shahzad seems fine after a checkup

3.5

Trent Johnston to Mohammad Shahzad, no run, pushed to cover

3.4

Trent Johnston to Mohammad Shahzad, no run, defended back to Trent Johnston who tries to be cute and under arms it back at his end, nearly concedes an overthrow

3.3

Trent Johnston to Mirwais Ashraf, 1 run, tries to pull a short delivery, gloves it onto his helmet and they steal a quick single after the ball rolls towards gully

Mirwais Ashraf, right handed bat, comes to the crease

3.2

Trent Johnston to Ahmadi, out Caught by Rankin!! Ahmadi goes now. Short and wide outside off, not the ball to be giving your wicket away, but Ahmadi slashes it down to third man where Rankin takes a tumbling catch to his left. Ahmadi c Rankin b Trent Johnston 6(5) [4s-1]

Trent Johnston to Ahmadi, THATS OUT!! Caught!!

3.1

Trent Johnston to Ahmadi, FOUR, fab shot. Comes down the track to a full one and lofts it over cover. Well executed and well hit.

2.6

Rankin to Mohammad Shahzad, no run, not there for the pull, Mohammad Shahzad toe ends it towards mid on who tries to run Ahmadi out, but doesn't hit direct

2.5

Rankin to Mohammad Shahzad, no run, punched to cover now. Rankin is hitting the deck hard

2.4

Rankin to Mohammad Shahzad, no run, short of length and Mohammad Shahzad opens the face of the bat to guide it to point

2.3

Rankin to Mohammad Shahzad, no run, Rankin v Mohammad Shahzad already looks a great contest. This short one rears up awkwardly on Shahzad who somehow manages to fend it away to where a short leg would've been. Rankin runs across to prevent the quick single

2.2

Rankin to Mohammad Shahzad, FOUR, wrong line and put away, length ball on the pads, sliding down, all it needed was a tickle and Mohammad Shahzad put it away with a neat leg glance

2.2

Rankin to Mohammad Shahzad, wide, Rankin is charging in now, fiery short delivery, but ill-directed, down leg

Mohammad Shahzad, right handed bat, comes to the crease

2.1

Rankin to Sadiq, out Bowled!! The man-mountain has struck. He is delighted and why shouldn't he be. Sadiq stayed there for a while in disbelief that it has ricocheted off his helmet onto the stumps. Good short one following Sadiq who was backing away to pull, thudded into the helmet and then onto the stumps. Unfortunate way to get out, but in this game this type of dismissal counts. Sadiq b Rankin 16(10) [4s-2 6s-1]

Rankin to Sadiq, THATS OUT!! Bowled!!

1.6

Trent Johnston to Ahmadi, no run, short of length on off, Ahmadi defends to point, straight to the fielder

1.5

Trent Johnston to Sadiq, 1 run, dab and run. Sadiq pushes it towards covers and Ahmadi responds for the quick single

1.4

Trent Johnston to Sadiq, no run, missed out there, length ball sliding into the pads, Sadiq flicks and misses

1.3

Trent Johnston to Sadiq, FOUR, that's a great shot. Poor ball from Trent Johnston though - short and wide outside off, asking to be cut and Sadiq obliges with a fierce slap to the right of point, back to back boundaries for the pint sized dynamo

1.2

Trent Johnston to Sadiq, FOUR, Sadiq looks to be in a hurry, comes down the track and slogs, the thick outside edge flies down to the third man fence, beating the fielder easily

Rankin to Sadiq, no run, peach of a delivery. Hit that for six if you can seems to suggest Rankin to Sadiq. A vicious short delivery, into the chest area and Sadiq was in all sorts of trouble, somehow managed to fend it away. Did well to keep it down

0.5

Rankin to Sadiq, no run, almost a run-out! great fielding by Rankin, he went quickly to his right and almost ran Ahmadi out who was backing up too far, Rankin tried to under arm it back on and missed hitting it

0.4

Rankin to Ahmadi, 1 run, short ball into the ribs, fended away awkwardly to short fine

0.3

Rankin to Sadiq, 1 run, pushed to mid on, an easy single taken in the end

0.2

Rankin to Sadiq, no run, a wild slog that, tries to repeat the stroke and it hits his right shoulder on the way to the keeper

0.1

Rankin to Sadiq, SIX, What a shot! What A! That's how you treat Rankin - a 6 feet 7 inches man mountain of a man. Sadiq just flat batted the first ball he faced back over the stands at long on. The crowd are on their feet already

Sadiq and Ahmadi are at the crease. Sadiq is on strike. Rankin will open the attack

Porterfield: If we would've won the toss, we would've bowled as well. We haven't played any night games here before, hopefully there is no dew. The pitch looks a good one and will stay true for the entire duration of the game. There is no pressure on us as we have already qualified, but we will look to win this tournament.

Mangal: It is a big match and no injuries to our side. There is one change to our side.

Pitch report: This is the same wicket which was used for the game earlier on today. There is a firm covering of grass. There will be a lot of carry for the pacers. No wear and tear on it as well. A perfect strip for T20 cricket.

It is the grand final of the ICC World T20 Qualifiers and two of the most deserving teams have reached the title clash. Afghanistan v Ireland promises to be an exciting encounter and both the teams have already qualified for the main event set to be held later in the year. With explosive players on both sides, it promises to be a enthralling encounter. Do stay tuned for the toss and the teams.